Waste-oil pan



Jan. '5, 1925 1,568,830

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Application filed August 1, 1924. Serial No. 729,600.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that HERBERT GUNonRsoN, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Stanley, in the county of Chippewa and State ofWisconsin, has invented new and useful Improvementsin aste-Oil Pans, ofwhich the following is a specificaillOIl; i

The purpose of the invention is to provide a receptacle particularlyadapted for catching oil drained from the crank cases of the engines ofmotor vehicles, to so equip it that it may be easily moved into positionunder the drain plug, and to arrange the construction, so that thedevice may be carried by an'appropriate handle or bail as a bucket to apoint where the waste oil may be appropriately discharged.

An incidental purpose of the invention is to so arrange the constructionthat provision maybe made for carrying tools and other devices that maybe necessary in work ing underneath a car.

With these objects in view, the invention consists in the constructionand combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is illustratedin the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view.

Figure 3 is a detail elevational view showing the position of the deviceso that it may be readily transported to convey the waste oil to thepoint of discharge.

Supported on the caster rollers 1 is the pan or receptacle 2 which ismade preferably of sheet metal, the top being open, as at 3, but closedat either end, as indicated respectively at 4 and 5, the former closurespanning the flanges 6 bounding the side edges of the pan and having itsbottom in the plane of said flanges and being itself provided with acover slide 7 to provide a relatter is being carried in the positionshown in Figure 3 or when the latter is being emptied, the emptyingposition being the reverse of that shown in Figure 3, when the contentsof the pan may flow from the latter through the discharge spout 14 whichis spanned by a transverse handle 15 secured on the end of the pan andsecured preferably at an intermediate point with the discharge mouth.

The device is susceptible of being readily carried in a horizontalposition by means of the handles 15 and 11, or in a vertical positionwith the handle 15 constituting the supporting means or in the reverseor emptying position with the handle 11 constituting the supportingmeans.

The invention having been described, what is claimed as new and usefulis:

1. A device for the purpose indicated, comprising apan having a guardwall on its top side near one end and provided with a central opening,the opposite transverse edge portions of said wall having upstandingflanges between which any suitable tools may be disposed, resting uponthe guard wall, and a handle member connecting the upstanding guardflanges, the handle-acting as means to prevent displacement of saidtools.

2. A device for the purpose indicated comprising a waste oil panprovided with an open compartment on its topside at one end consistingof transverse walls with a handle connecting the walls and a closedcompartment on the top side at the 0ppos ite end, the closed compartmenthaving a slide cover and a handle on said cover, the top side of the panhaving an opening between the two compartments with splash preventingflanges depending inwardly of the pan at opposite ends of the centralopemng.

3. A. device for the purpose indicated comprising a waste oil pan havingan open compartment on its top side at one end consisting of end wallswith a handle connecting said end walls, and a closed compartment on thetop side at the opposite end thereof, the top side of the pan having acentral opening intermediate the two compartnients, the adjacent ends ofboth compartments having spash flanges depending inwardly of theinterior of the waste oil pan at opposite ends of the central Opening.

In testimony whereof he affixes his signature.

HERBERT GUNDERSON.

